The salad meal is the perfect solution to the summertime I don't wanna cook feeling. I'm not the only one who feels that way, right? It's too hot. It's too busy. It's too fun. I'd much rather get my salad on than spend a ton of time preparing a meal. This Asian Kale Salad is no poor ...
Salad Recipes
Loaded Spinach Salad with Creamy Avocado Basil Dressing
This Loaded Spinach Salad with Creamy Avocado Basil Dressing is full of nutrition and bursting with flavor! You'll love this healthy, vegan salad. Who is ready to get their salad on? This salad has everything a salad could ever want. It's hearty and filling thanks to the addition of quinoa and ...
Chickpea Salad
Whew. Life is busy. This is my first time sitting down all day. I have a wet load of clothes in the washer, but can't put them into the dryer until I fold the clothes (or just take them out...that would work, too) that are waiting for me there. I have to finish prepping dinner before getting ...
Quinoa Avocado Salad
Do you ever have a 24 hour period that feels like you've lived a week inside of a day? That's what the last 24 hours or so have been like for me. This past weekend was one of the coldest of the winter, and with two active kids, taking them to SkyZone, an indoor trampoline park, seemed like a ...
Power Greens Salad with Cara Cara Orange, Almonds, and Parmesan
I have to admit, I get excited about salad. That probably makes me a boring person, but when I put the right ingredients together on my salad plate, ingredients that produce a symphony of flavors, it makes me happy. Yes, salads can be boring. Iceburg lettuce with shredded carrots, anyone? But they ...
Chopped Kale Salad with Cranberries, Feta, and Walnuts
If you need a festive, colorful salad to add to your holiday table, this is your recipe. If you need a quick, easy, and healthy lunch salad to balance out the holiday treats you've been eating, this is your recipe. It is always with a little hesitation that I serve Tim kale, especially raw kale. ...
Warm Brussels Sprout Salad with Pomegranate and Goat Cheese
I'm convinced that everyone who thinks they don't like Brussels sprouts because of some childhood memory simply hasn't had them prepared correctly. I don't remember ever having Brussels sprouts served to me, but apparently that is because I'm the baby of the family and by the time I came around my ...
Summer Squash Noodle Salad with Lime Vinaigrette
The alternate title for this recipe: Summer in a Bowl. What you have here is the best summer has to offer in one delicious bowl, ready to be eaten in less than 15 minutes. You are welcome. You will feel 10,000 times healthier after finishing this bowl of summer goodness. I promise you. Eat ...
Grilled Kale Salad
If you are a fan of roasted kale chips, you are going to love grilled kale. No need to turn on the oven, just fire up your grill and a few minutes later you'll have crispy, delicious kale that even your kids will eat. Really. There isn't a tastier way to eat your greens than to roast or ...
Walnut Pesto Chicken Salad
This Walnut Pesto Chicken Salad is a versatile recipe you can use for so many things! We had some friends over for dinner this weekend. It was a casual gathering that we planned at the last minute, so I was making the risotto that was already on the menu before we were decided to have guests ...
50 healthy recipes for summer from around the web
Oh, hi! How have you been? Things here have been...hectic. We moved. I am 100% in love with our new house and am already envisioning Meghan and Luke growing up and Tim and I growing old here. The move, however, wasn't exactly smooth. Our first week in our new house included a flooded basement, ...
Fiesta salad with cilantro-lime dressing
The last few months, we fell into a nice little routine. Saturday morning I would bring Meghan to gymnastics. During that free hour I made my meal plan and grocery list for the week. Then Saturday afternoon we made a family trip to the grocery to store to get our goods. {Interesting side note: ...